Loudspeaker

ABSTRACT

To make it possible to take countermeasures against noises of a loudspeaker by means of a simple configuration. A loudspeaker 10 includes: a bobbin 15 that is provided with a voice coil 31; a diaphragm 13 that is connected to the bobbin 15; a frame 11 that supports the diaphragm 13; and a magnetic circuit section 17 that includes a magnet 22. The loudspeaker 10 further includes: a first conductive body 41 that is connected to the voice coil 31 and is led out to the outside of a bobbin 15A; and a second conductive body 51 that is connected to the first conductive body 41 and penetrates the magnet 22.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a loudspeaker.

BACKGROUND ART

A loudspeaker, which includes a bobbin provided with a voice coil, adiaphragm connected to the bobbin, a frame supporting the diaphragm, anda magnetic circuit section including a magnet, is known. This type ofloudspeaker is known to have such a configuration that a terminal whichis electrically connected with a voice coil is included and a signalline (part of a loudspeaker line) for connecting the loudspeaker and anamplifier is soldered directly on a terminal from the outside of theloudspeaker or is connected by a connector (for example, PatentLiterature 1).

In addition, as this type of loudspeaker, a so-called full digitalloudspeaker is proposed which includes a plurality of voice coils andobtains, by supply of a predetermined digital signal to each of thevoice coils, a sufficient loudspeaker driving force by adding a magneticfield formed by each of the voice coils (for example, Patent Literature2).

CITATION LIST Patent Literature

Patent Literature 1

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2015-080121

Patent Literature 2

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2015-126463

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

For wiring on the loudspeaker side, especially for internal wiring,flexibility and lightweight properties are required; and therefore,wiring having a twisted structure or the like that is suitable for noisecountermeasures cannot be used.

Therefore, if a high-frequency noise that causes unnecessary radiationis input to a wiring on the loudspeaker side through a loudspeaker line,an electronic apparatus around the loudspeaker may malfunction.Especially when a digital signal is used, countermeasures against ahigher frequency noise are important.

As the countermeasure, a method of mounting a ferrite core for noisecountermeasures can be considered. However, this method causes anincrease in the number of parts and further generates a necessity tosecure an arrangement space of the ferrite core, thereby making thestructure complicated.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to make it possibleto take countermeasures against noises of a loudspeaker by means of asimple configuration.

Solution to Problem

The present description includes the entire contents of Japanese PatentApplication No. 2017-125809 filed on Jun. 28, 2017.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, one aspect of thepresent invention provides a loudspeaker that includes a bobbin providedwith a voice coil, a diaphragm connected to the bobbin, a framesupporting the diaphragm, and a magnetic circuit section including amagnet, in which the loudspeaker further includes a first conductivebody connected to the voice coil and led out to an outside of thebobbin, and a second conductive body connected to the first conductivebody and penetrating the magnet.

In the above configuration, the second conductive body may be a coatedelectric wire covered with a coating having an insulating property. Inaddition, in the above configuration, the second conductive body may bewound around the magnet in the number of windings with one or moreturns.

In addition, in the above configuration, the magnet may be providedwith: a through hole through which the bobbin passes; and a groove partwhich is recessed from the through hole to an outer peripheral side andthrough which the second conductive body passes. In addition, instead ofthe groove part, a hole part which is independent of the through holeand through which the second conductive body passes may be provided.

In addition, in the above configuration, the magnetic circuit sectionmay include laminated components which are laminated on the magnet andthe second conductive body may pass through the laminated components.

In addition, in the above configuration, the laminated components mayinclude: a plate which is laminated on a front surface side of theloudspeaker with respect to the magnet; and a bottom plate which islaminated on a rear surface side of the loudspeaker; and the plate maybe provided with: a hole part through which the bobbin passes; and anindependent through hole which does not communicate with this hole partand through which the second conductive body passes; and the bottomplate may be provided with: a notch which is recessed from an outerperipheral surface of the bottom plate to an inner peripheral side andthrough which the second conductive body passes.

In addition, in the above configuration, a signal which is passedthrough the second conductive body may be a digital signal.

Further, in the above configuration, the bobbin may include a multilayervoice coil in which a plurality of the voice coils are provided; fromthe bobbin, a plurality of the first conductive bodies which arerespectively connected to the voice coils may be led out at intervals ina circumferential direction; and a plurality of the second conductivebodies which are respectively connected to the first conductive bodiesmay pass through the magnet at intervals in the circumferentialdirection of the bobbin.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

One aspect of the present invention includes: the first conductive bodywhich is connected to the voice coil and is led out to an outside of thebobbin; and the second conductive body which is connected to the firstconductive body and penetrates the magnet included in the magneticcircuit section; and therefore, can remove a high frequency noiseflowing through the second conductive body by using the magnet includedin the magnetic circuit section, thereby allowing noise countermeasuresof the loudspeaker by means of a simple configuration.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a loudspeaker according to a firstembodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the loudspeaker.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the loudspeaker in a state in whichcomponents of the magnetic circuit section are separated.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a loudspeaker according to a secondembodiment.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a loudspeaker according to a thirdembodiment.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a loudspeaker which is provided fordescription of a modification.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a loudspeaker according to a fourthembodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the loudspeaker in a state in whichcomponents of the magnetic circuit section are separated.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described withreference to drawings.

First Embodiment

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a loudspeaker 10 according to a firstembodiment. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the loudspeaker 10. FIG.1 and FIG. 2 show a state in which a front surface of the loudspeaker 10is arranged so as to be directed upward.

The loudspeaker 10 is an on-vehicle digital loudspeaker which is mountedon a vehicle door, etc., receives a digital signal as an input from adevice mounted on a vehicle, and outputs a sound based on this digitalsignal. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, this loudspeaker 10 includes aloudspeaker frame 11 whose front surface is open; and a diaphragm 13,voice coil bobbin 15, and magnetic circuit section 17, which constituteloudspeaker components, are supported by this loudspeaker frame 11.

The loudspeaker frame 11 integrally includes: an annular front frame 11Athat is positioned at a frontmost surface of the loudspeaker 10; adisk-shaped bottom frame 11B that is positioned on a rear surface sideof the loudspeaker 10; and a plurality of bridge frames 11C that connectthe front frame 11A and the bottom frame 11B at intervals in acircumferential direction. The loudspeaker frame 11 is formed of amaterial having rigidity; and in this configuration, is formed of ametal material.

On the front frame 11A, an outer peripheral part of the diaphragm 13 ismounted. An inner peripheral part of the diaphragm 13 is connected tothe voice coil bobbin 15. Between a rear surface of the diaphragm 13 andthe bottom frame 11B, a damper 19 that connects the voice coil bobbin 15and the loudspeaker frame 11 is provided. The damper 19 holds theposition of the voice coil bobbin 15 and performs amplitude limitation.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the bottom frame 11B, a through hole 11K throughwhich the voice coil bobbin 15 passes is formed; and on a rear surfaceof this bottom frame 11B, the magnetic circuit section 17 is mounted.

The magnetic circuit section 17 has a structure in which from a frontsurface side of the loudspeaker toward a rear surface side, a plate 21(also referred to as a top plate), a magnet 22, and a bottom plate 23(also referred to as a yoke) are laminated in order.

In the magnetic circuit section 17, the magnet 22 is sandwiched by theplate 21 and the bottom plate 23 and the voice coil bobbin 15 isarranged in a centrally provided hole part 17K. The plate 21 and thebottom plate 23 are formed by a magnetic material. The magnet 22 isconfigured by magnetizing a ferrite core of an approximate doughnutshape; for example, it is configured by a ferromagnetic ferrite magnet.

The voice coil bobbin 15 is of a multilayer voice coil bobbin in which aplurality of (four, in the present configuration) voice coils 31 arelaminated on a single bobbin 15A. Each of the voice coils 31 isconfigured by a copper wire excellent in flexibility and lightweightproperties; and first conductive bodies 41 corresponding to both endparts of the copper wire are led out to an outside of the bobbin 15A.

In the loudspeaker frame 11, a plurality of (four, in the presentconfiguration) terminal blocks 33, to which the first conductive bodies41 are respectively connected, are provided at intervals (at equalangular (90 degree) intervals in the present configuration) in acircumferential direction of the loudspeaker 10. In this way, each pairof the first conductive bodies 41 which are connected to an identicalone of the voice coils 31 is led out to the outside of the bobbin 15A atequal angular intervals and is connected to each of the terminal blocks33.

Each of the terminal blocks 33 is configured by a metal plate, etc. andis mounted on the bridge frame 11C of the loudspeaker frame 11 from anouter peripheral side. In addition, on a rear surface side of each ofthe terminal blocks 33 (corresponding to an inner peripheral side of theloudspeaker 10), each of the plurality of first conductive bodies 41which extend from the voice coil bobbin 15 is connected. The terminalblocks 33 are provided with the same number as the voice coils 31; andto each of the terminal blocks 33, a pair of the first conductive bodies41 which extend from an identical one of the voice coils 31 isconnected.

To each of the terminal blocks 33, each pair of second conductive bodies51 is connected from an outer peripheral side of the loudspeaker 10. Thepair of second conductive bodies 51 is respectively connected to a pairof the first conductive bodies 41 that are connected to the respectiveterminal blocks 33; and is externally supplied with a digital signal.

Thus, each of the terminal blocks 33 functions as a relay member forrelaying connection between a pair of the first conductive bodies 41 anda pair of the second conductive bodies 51. It should be noted that for amethod for connecting the conductive bodies 41 and 51 to the terminalblocks 33, a publicly known method such as soldering can be widelyapplied.

In the present embodiment, for each of the second conductive bodies 51,a coated electric wire 52 in which a coating having an insulatingproperty is covered around a core wire is applied. For example, one endof this coated electric wire 52 is connected to a predetermined devicethat outputs a digital signal and another end is connected to theterminal block 33 of the loudspeaker 10, thereby constituting aso-called loudspeaker cable that extends over between the predetermineddevice and the loudspeaker 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the coated electric wire 52 is led out from theterminal block 33; penetrates the plate 21, magnet 22, and bottom plate23 in order which constitute the magnetic circuit section 17; and is ledout to the rear surface side of the loudspeaker 10. In other words, inconnecting the coated electric wire 52 to the loudspeaker 10, the coatedelectric wire 52 is connected such that a tip of the coated electricwire 52, which penetrates the magnetic circuit section 17 from the rearsurface side of the loudspeaker 10 and is exposed to a front surfaceside of the magnetic circuit section 17, is connected to the terminalblock 33.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the loudspeaker 10 in a state in whichcomponents of the magnetic circuit section 17 are separated.

The plate 21 is laminated in a front surface side of the loudspeaker 10with respect to the magnet 22, and the bottom plate 23 is laminated on arear surface side of the loudspeaker 10 with respect to the magnet 22.That is, the plate 21 and the bottom plate 23 are laminated componentswhich are laminated on the magnet 22. In addition, the plate 21 and thebottom plate 23 are joined to the magnet 22 with an adhesive or thelike.

The plate 21 and the magnet 22 are annularly formed so as torespectively have, in a center thereof, through holes 21K and 22Kthrough which the voice coil bobbin 15 passes. These through holes 21Kand 22K form the hole part 17K (see FIG. 2) of the magnetic circuitsection 17.

Hereinafter, in order to easily distinguish between the through holes21K and 22K, the through hole 21K which is provided on the plate 21 isrepresented as a plate through hole 21K, and the through hole 21K whichis provided on the magnet 22 is represented as a magnet through hole22K.

The magnet through hole 22K is a through hole having a larger diameterthan the plate through hole 21K. In addition, the magnet 22 integrallyincludes groove parts 22M (magnet wiring holes) that are recessed on anouter peripheral side at predetermined angular intervals (at 90 degreeintervals in the present configuration) from the magnet through hole22K. These groove parts 22M configure, as shown in FIG. 3, paths throughwhich each pair of the coated electric wires 52 can pass. It should benoted that these groove parts 22M are partially formed on the magnet 22;and therefore, they hardly affect the performance of the loudspeaker 10.

Further, the magnet 22 is a sintered magnet that is manufactured in apublicly known method such as a powder metallurgy method, in whichdifficulties are involved in obtaining a complicated shape; however, ashape in which the above groove parts 22M are integrally included can beeasily prepared.

On the plate 21 and the bottom plate 23, through holes 21A and 23A arerespectively formed at positions that communicate with the groove parts22M when lamination with the magnet 22 is performed. Thus, a path thatallows the coated electric wires 52 to penetrate the magnetic circuitsection 17 is formed.

Hereinafter, in order to easily distinguish between the through holes21A and 23A, the through hole 21A is represented as a plate hole part21A, and the through hole 23A is represented as a bottom plate hole part23A.

The plate hole part 21A is an independent through hole that does notcommunicate with the plate through hole 21K on the plate 21, and isprovided closer to an outer peripheral surface of the plate 21. Adoptionof this configuration allows suppression of the deterioration of amagnetic force that acts on the voice coil bobbin 15, in comparison witha case in which recessed shapes similar to the groove parts 22M of themagnet 22 are provided on an inner side of the plate 21.

In addition, the plate hole part 21A is not open either in acircumferential direction or radial direction of the plate 21 andtherefore, restricts the movement of the coated electric wires 52 in thecircumferential direction and radial direction. Therefore, it issuitable for positioning of the coated electric wires 52 havingflexibility.

On the bottom plate 23, if recessed shapes similar to the groove parts22M of the magnet 22 are provided, there is a concern that dust and thelike may enter a gap between the bottom plate 23 and the voice coilbobbin 15.

In the present configuration, the bottom plate hole part 23A is a notchthat is recessed from an outer peripheral surface of the bottom plate 23to an inner peripheral side; and therefore, entry of dust and the likecan be suppressed.

In addition, an outer peripheral side of the bottom plate hole part 23Ais open; and therefore, such an effect that the coated electric wires 52can be easily inserted from an outside can also be expected.

Further, the shapes and positions of the plate hole parts 21A and thebottom plate hole parts 23A can be appropriately changed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the plate hole parts 21A, the groove parts 22M ofthe magnet 22, and the bottom plate hole parts 23A are provided at thesame angular intervals as the plurality of terminal blocks 33 which areprovided on the loudspeaker frame 11; and therefore, the coated electricwires 52 can be linearly laid out, thus providing advantages inreduction of wiring length, securing of a wiring arrangement space, andthe like.

Thus, the coated electric wires 52 constituting the second conductivebodies 51 are made to penetrate the magnet 22 and thereby, the magnet 22can be used as a ferrite core that removes a high frequency noise thatflows through the second conductive bodies 51.

The impedance Z of a ferrite core is, as shown in the followingexpression (1), proportional to a cross-sectional area. In addition, theimpedance Z is proportional to the second power of the number ofwindings N (also called as the number of turns) of a signal line to aninner hole and outside of the ferrite core. In addition, it is knownthat the smaller the inner diameter of the inner hole of a ferrite core,the more the impedance Z increases.

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The magnet 22 of the loudspeaker 10 is larger in comparison with commonferrite cores; and therefore, a higher noise removal effect than that incommon ferrite cores can be expected. In addition, the groove parts 22Mare provided in plurality within the magnet 22 and through each of thegroove parts 22M, a plurality of the second conductive bodies 51 arepassed in a distributed manner; therefore, each of the groove parts 22Mcan be miniaturized and the reduction of the impedance Z, etc. can beeasily suppressed.

As described above, the loudspeaker 10 of the present embodimentincludes: the first conductive bodies 41 which are connected to thevoice coil 31 and are led out to the outside of the bobbin 15A; and thesecond conductive bodies 51 which are connected to the first conductivebodies 41 and penetrate the magnet 22. According to this configuration,a high frequency noise that flows through the second conductive bodies51 can be removed by using the magnet 22 included in the magneticcircuit section 17.

In addition, noises can be removed without adding a ferrite core fornoise countermeasures; and therefore, noise countermeasures for theloudspeaker 10 is possible by means of a simple configuration andfurther, securing a ferrite core arrangement space is unnecessary.

In addition, a signal to be passed through the second conductive bodies51 is a digital signal; and therefore, countermeasures against a highfrequency noise superimposed on the digital signal can be achieved in avicinity of the loudspeaker. Thus, influences on electronic apparatusesaround the loudspeaker 10 can be reduced and also, improvement in thesound quality of the loudspeaker 10 can be expected.

Further, for the second conductive bodies 51 that penetrate the magneticcircuit section 17, the coated electric wires 52 are used; andtherefore, an insulating property against parts of the magnetic circuitsection 17 can be ensured. Thus, materials, etc. used for the magneticcircuit section 17 are not limited. In addition, around the secondconductive bodies 51, a member having a conductive property can bearranged.

Further, the magnet 22 is provided with: the magnet through hole 22Kthrough which the bobbin 15A passes; and the groove parts 22M which arerecessed from this through hole 22K to the outer peripheral side andthrough which the second conductive bodies 51 pass. This allows thesecond conductive bodies 51 to penetrate, allows an influence on theperformance of the loudspeaker 10 to be suppressed, and allows themagnet 22 to be easily manufactured.

In addition, the magnetic circuit section 17 includes the plate 21 andbottom plate 23 that are laminated components which are laminated on themagnet 22; and the second conductive bodies 51 pass through the plate 21and the bottom plate 23. This eliminates the need to make the secondconductive bodies 51 bypass the plate 21 and the bottom plate 23;providing advantages in reduction of wiring length, securing of a wiringarrangement space, and the like.

Further, the plate 21 is provided with: the plate through hole 21Kthrough which the bobbin 15A passes; and the independent plate holeparts 21A which do not communicate with this through hole 21K andthrough which the second conductive bodies 51 pass. This allows thesecond conductive bodies 51 to penetrate and allows the reduction of amagnetic force of the plate 21 to be suppressed.

In addition, the bottom plate 23 is provided with, as the bottom platehole parts 23A through which the second conductive bodies 51 pass,notches which are recessed from an outer peripheral surface of thebottom plate 23 to an inner peripheral side and through which the secondconductive bodies 51 pass. This allows the second conductive bodies 51to penetrate and allows entry of dust, etc. into a gap between thebottom plate 23 and the bobbin 15A to be suppressed.

In addition, the voice coil bobbin 15 includes a multilayer voice coilin which a plurality of the voice coils 31 are provided; and from thevoice coil bobbin 15, a plurality of the first conductive bodies 41which are respectively connected to the voice coils 31 are led out atintervals in a circumferential direction. Further, a plurality of thesecond conductive bodies 51 which are respectively connected to thefirst conductive bodies 41 are configured to pass through the magnet 22at intervals in the circumferential direction of the voice coil bobbin15. According to this configuration, a number of the first conductivebodies 41 and second conductive bodies 51 can be arranged at intervalsin a balanced manner.

Second Embodiment

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a loudspeaker 10 according to asecond embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 4, each of second conductive bodies 51 passes holeparts of a magnetic circuit section 17 (a bottom plate hole part 23A,groove part 22M, and plate hole part 21A) in order from an outside ofthe loudspeaker 10; after that, returns to a rear surface side of themagnetic circuit section 17 by passing through an outer peripheral sideof the magnetic circuit section 17; and again, passes through the holepart 23A, 22M, and 21A of the magnetic circuit section 17 in order andis then connected to each of terminal blocks 33.

As a result, the second conductive body 51 is wound around a magnet 22in the number of windings with one turn. An increase in the number ofwindings can increase the impedance Z, thereby allowing a noise removalcharacteristic to be changed and a noise removal effect to be improved.It should be noted that the number of windings is not limited to oneturn and may be appropriately changed to two or more turns.

In a configuration in which the second conductive bodies 51 are wound,increasing a tension in winding the second conductive bodies 51 enablesthe magnetic circuit section 17 to be bound. Binding the magneticcircuit section 17 enables a holding force for holding components of themagnetic circuit section 17 in a laminated state to be obtained.

Here, in the present embodiment, the bottom plate hole parts 23A are notnotches that are recessed from an outer peripheral surface of the bottomplate 23 to an inner peripheral side; but are formed as independentthrough holes as with the plate hole parts 21A of the first embodiment.This allows the bottom plate 23 in addition to the plate 21 and themagnet 22 to be held in a laminated state by the second conductivebodies 51.

According to this configuration, a configuration in which an adhesivefor joining the plate 21, the magnet 22, and the bottom plate 23 witheach other is not used is made possible. By adopting a configuration inwhich an adhesive is not used, the layer thickness of an adhesive iseliminated and thereby the magnetic force of the magnetic circuitsection 17 can be efficiently improved.

Third Embodiment

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a loudspeaker 10 according to athird embodiment.

The third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in thatportions through which second conductive bodies 51 pass on a magnet 22are hole parts 22S (hereinafter, represented as magnet wiring holes 22S)which are independent of a magnet through hole 22K.

Each of the magnet wiring hole 22S is formed as a through hole thatlinearly penetrates the magnet 22 so as to communicate with a plate holepart 21A and a bottom plate hole part 23A. The magnet wiring holes 22Sare formed at intervals (equal angular intervals) in the circumferentialdirection of the loudspeaker 10 as with the plate hole parts 21A and thebottom plate hole parts 23A.

In this configuration, the inner diameter of each of the hole partsthrough which the second conductive bodies 51 pass (that is, the innerdiameter of each of the magnet wiring holes 22S) can be reduced andthereby, as shown in Expression (1), the impedance Z can be increased.In addition, as the hole part is made smaller, the cross-sectional areaof the magnet 22 increases; this also allows an increase in theimpedance Z. As a result, a higher noise removal effect can be obtainedand a noise removal characteristic can be changed.

In addition, also in the third embodiment, as one example is shown inFIG. 6, the second conductive bodies 51 can be wound around the magnet22 in the number of windings with a plurality of turns.

Fourth Embodiment

In a fourth embodiment, a configuration is such that coated electricwires 52 are not allowed to penetrate a magnet 22.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a loudspeaker 10 according to thefourth embodiment. In addition, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing theloudspeaker 10 in a state in which components of a magnetic circuitsection are separated.

In the fourth embodiment, a terminal block 33 which is provided on aloudspeaker frame 11 integrally includes a second conductive body 151that penetrates a magnetic circuit section 17. The second conductivebody 151 integrally includes: a terminal 152 that is formed integrallywith the terminal block 33 and extends toward a rear surface side of theloudspeaker 10; and an insulating part 153 for peripheral covering witha tip of the terminal 152 exposed.

The terminal 152 is formed of a material having conductivity such asmetal, and is formed to have a length which allows a tip 152A topenetrate the magnetic circuit section 17 and to be exposed to a rearsurface side of the magnetic circuit section 17. The insulating part 153is formed of a resin having an insulating property, and covers a regionoverlapping with the magnetic circuit section 17 on the terminal 152.For example, this second conductive body 151 is manufactured byperforming insert molding of the terminal 152 on the resin constitutingthe insulating part 153.

As shown in FIG. 8, on a plate 21 and a bottom plate 23, through holes121A and 123A (hereinafter, represented as a plate hole part 121A and abottom plate hole part 123A) which the second conductive body 151penetrates are respectively formed. The plate hole part 121A and thebottom plate hole part 123A communicate with a groove part 22M that isprovided on a magnet 22.

In the fourth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the second conductive body151 penetrates the magnetic circuit section 17 and thereby, the tip 152Aof the terminal 152 which is provided on the second conductive body 151is exposed to the rear surface side of the magnetic circuit section 17.Further, to this exposed tip 152A, an unillustrated coated electric wirefor transmitting a digital signal is connected.

This allows the coated electric wire to be connected to a loudspeaker 10side without passing through the magnet 22, allowing a work of solderingthe coated electric wire to be easily performed. It should be noted thata method for connecting the coated electric wire to the terminal 152 isnot limited to soldering and a publicly known connection method can bewidely applied.

Each of the above-mentioned embodiments merely exemplifies one aspect ofthe present invention, and arbitrary modification and application arepossible without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, for the first conductive bodies 41 and second conductivebodies 51 and 151, a member permitting an electric signal to pass, thatis, a member having conductivity (also called as a conductive member ora conductive body) can be widely applied. However, it is preferable thatthe first conductive bodies 41 have flexibility. In addition, althougheach of the second conductive bodies 51 and 151 in the above mentionedembodiments integrally includes an insulating body (coating,corresponding to the insulating part 153), the insulating body may beconfigured so as to be mounted not on each of second conductive bodies51 and 151 sides but on a side of a member with which each of the secondconductive bodies 51 and 151 can come into contact.

Further, description has been made regarding a case in which the presentinvention is applied to the loudspeaker 10 that outputs a sound based ona digital signal; however, not limited to this, application to aloudspeaker that outputs a sound based on an analog signal may bepossible. Still further, also for the configuration of each part of theloudspeaker, the configurations of publicly known loudspeakers can bewidely applied.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

-   10 loudspeaker-   11 loudspeaker frame-   13 diaphragm-   15 voice coil bobbin-   15A bobbin-   17 magnetic circuit section-   17K hole part-   21 plate (laminated component)-   21A plate hole part-   21K plate through hole-   22 magnet-   22K magnet through hole-   22M groove part-   22S magnet wiring hole-   23 bottom plate (laminated component)-   23A bottom plate hole part-   31 voice coil-   33 terminal block-   41 first conductive body-   51, 151 second conductive body-   52 coated electric wire-   152 terminal-   153 insulating part

The invention claimed is:
 1. A loudspeaker, comprising: a bobbinprovided with a voice coil; a diaphragm connected to the bobbin; a framesupporting the diaphragm; and a magnetic circuit section including amagnet, wherein the loudspeaker further comprises: a first conductivebody connected to the voice coil and led out to an outside of thebobbin; and a second conductive body connected to the first conductivebody and penetrating the magnet.
 2. The loudspeaker according to claim1, wherein the second conductive body is a coated electric wire coveredwith a coating having an insulating property.
 3. The loudspeakeraccording to claim 1, wherein the second conductive body is wound aroundthe magnet in a number of windings with one or more turns.
 4. Theloudspeaker according to claim 1, wherein the magnet is provided with: athrough hole, the bobbin passing through the through hole; and a groovepart recessed from the through hole to an outer peripheral side, thesecond conductive body passing through the groove part.
 5. Theloudspeaker according to claim 1, wherein the magnet is provided with: athrough hole, the bobbin passing through the through hole; and a holepart independent of the through hole, the second conductive body passingthrough the hole part.
 6. The loudspeaker according to claim 1, whereinthe magnetic circuit section includes a laminated component beinglaminated on the magnet, and the second conductive body penetrates thelaminated component.
 7. The loudspeaker according to claim 6, whereinthe laminated component includes: a plate laminated on a front surfaceside of the loudspeaker with respect to the magnet; and a bottom platelaminated on a rear surface side of the loudspeaker, the plate isprovided with: a hole part, the bobbin passing through the hole part,and an independent through hole not communicating with this hole part,the second conductive body passing through the through hole, and thebottom plate is provided with a notch recessed from an outer peripheralsurface of the bottom plate to an inner peripheral side, the secondconductive body passing through the notch.
 8. The loudspeaker accordingto claim 1, wherein a signal passing through the second conductive bodyis a digital signal.
 9. The loudspeaker according to claim 1, whereinthe bobbin includes a multilayer voice coil provided with a plurality ofthe voice coils; from the bobbin, a plurality of the first conductivebodies respectively connected to the voice coils are led out atintervals in a circumferential direction; and a plurality of the secondconductive bodies respectively connected to the first conductive bodiespass through the magnet at intervals in the circumferential direction ofthe bobbin.